May 26, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office produced a document on the current situation of children and adolescents housed in the CABA Closed Regime Centers in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic. Five cases of coronavirus were detected in different detention centers.
May 22, 2020.
The Directorate for Cooperation and International Affairs prepared a report that brings together the actions of different countries and the alternative measures to prison that they adopted in the face of the health emergency caused by the pandemic.
May 21, 2020.
The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Carlos Rosenkrantz, resolved that the recommendation made by the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office should be transmitted to the federal chambers and oral courts.
May 19, 2020.
The Federal Court of Appeals of Corrientes confirmed the resolution of the Federal Court of First Instance of Paso de los Libres, in which a Habeas Corpus presented by the PPN was partially made, regarding the situation of the detainees housed in Squadron 7 “Paso de los Libres” of the National Gendarmerie, with the aim of improving accommodation conditions.
May 18, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office participated in a survey on the conditions of confinement in non-penitentiary detention centers, together with a Crisis Committee formed in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 17, 2020.
On May 17, 1990, the WHO General Assembly recognized that sexual orientation was not a mental illness. This day has been celebrated since 2004 and aims to raise awareness and raise awareness about the situations of violence suffered by people from the LGBT + community.
May 15, 2020.
The Research Department of the Prison Ombudsman’s National Office has been working on the condemnatory issue and has advanced in the description of the increasing evolution of sentences of up to three years of effective compliance, making a report that contributes as a fundamental input in the current situation of health emergency.
May 15, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office was present at the meeting organized by the Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity of the Nation.
May 14, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office participated in a videoconference called by the Bar Association from a judicial district in Mendoza. There, the execution of the sentence and the measures of coercion in the framework of the current pandemic were discussed.
May 11, 2020.
Members of the Gender and Sexual Diversity Team of the PPN held a videoconference with representatives of the Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversities with a view to promoting joint channels for addressing the situation of imprisoned women and LGBT + people.
May 08, 2020.
The Cuyo delegation participated in a hearing where a Habeas Corpus was presented in favor of detainees in the Chimbas prison located in the province of San Juan. The document called for improvements in communication within the framework of the coronavirus COVID-19.
May 08, 2020.
The Prison Ombudsman’s National Office made a series of recommendations to the Nation's Ministries of Health and Justice and Human Rights regarding health policies in federal prisons in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic.